A 34-year-old man was arrested in Meerut after a delivery agent was allegedly assaulted following a dispute over a delay of a few minutes in delivering an online order, police said.
The footage later went viral on social media. The CCTV footage was shared widely on social media, after which fellow delivery agents recognised Amit and contacted him. They later approached Bhawanpur police station and submitted a complaint.
The incident took place around 9.30pm on August 14 in Ganga Sagar Colony under Bhawanpur police station limits and was captured on CCTV. The customer, identified as Yaman, 34, allegedly accused him of arriving 15 minutes late and speaking rudely. On August 15, Amit submitted a written complaint, following which police registered a case against Yaman, a resident of Ganga Heights.
The delivery agent, Amit, a resident of Ganganagar, told police that he reached Ganga Heights to deliver an online order that had been delayed by around five minutes. Bhawanpur station house officer (SHO) Joginder Singh said Yaman had been arrested and would be produced before the court as per procedure.
